Thirlmere

Low water levels at Thirlmere reservoir in Cumbria.

Fears of British super-drought after record low rainfall in winter 2012

Thirlmere, in the Lake District, is only half full, while Haweswater is 30% below capacity.

North-west England faces hosepipe bans after drought warning 2010

In Cumbria United Utilities said it would expect reservoirs to be around 80% full at this time of year, but Haweswater and Thirlmere are at 61.4%, while reservoirs in the north and west of the country are down to 68.2%.

Drought risk hits Cumbria just months after floods 2010

Their lamps light the road ahead with Bassenthwaite Lake their next goal, followed by Derwentwater, Thirlmere, Ullswater and Brotherswater, each one arriving like clockwork as leader Barry Johnson, a local fitness trainer, has intended should happen on his 70th birthday.

Country diary: Lake District 2010

In the past floods have joined together Buttermere and Crummock lakes into one huge mere, and unified Thirlmere periodically long before Manchester Corporation turned it into one big reservoir.

A seasonal lament 2009

In the past floods have joined together Buttermere and Crummock lakes into one huge mere, and unified Thirlmere periodically long before Manchester Corporation turned it into one big reservoir.

A seasonal lament 2009

Mr Higgins was then shot as girl-friend Natalie Muncey cowered with her ten-month-old baby in the next room of the flat in Thirlmere Avenue, Burnham.

Police and Thieves Laban 2005

Mr Higgins was then shot as girl-friend Natalie Muncey cowered with her ten-month-old baby in the next room of the flat in Thirlmere Avenue, Burnham.

Archive 2005-12-18 Laban 2005

Thirlmere, here is a crumb of consolation; consolatory, at least, to such of them as look out upon the world through seeing eyes, and contentedly accept beauty where it comes.

Virginibus Puerisque and other papers 2005

Among the many places within easy reach of Keswick are Cockermouth, the birthplace of Wordsworth; Wytheburn, the nearest village to Thirlmere; and Skiddaw, the ascent of which can be accomplished with comparative ease on pony-back.

What to See in England Gordon Home 1923